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The Travels of Marco Polo
by Polo, Marco
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0898350581
- ISBN 13
- 9780898350586
- Seller
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Burlington, Ontario, Canada
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$19.22$17.30
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About This Item
N.Y.: Abaris Books, 1982. First Edition. . Hardcover. Fine/Good. Fine in Good jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. pp.318 with index. Based on the publication by the Folio Society, London England. 10 full color illustrations, 3 maps. clean tight copy d/j top front cover near spine 1/2" tear with crease, wear to top/bottom spine small nicks, corners small tears, back cover blemish where part of the orange color ripped off else slight edgewear of rubbing.
Synopsis
Books of the Marvels of the World or Description of the World (Divisament dou monde), also nicknamed Il Milione ("The Million") or Oriente Poliano and commonly called The Travels of Marco Polo, is a 13th-century travelogue by Rustichello da Pisa and Marco Polo, describing the supposed travels of the latter through Asia, Persia, China, and Indonesia between 1271 and 1298. It was a very famous and popular book in the 13th century.
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- Booked Experiences
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005766
- Title
- The Travels of Marco Polo
- Author
- Polo, Marco
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition.
- ISBN 10
- 0898350581
- ISBN 13
- 9780898350586
- Publisher
- Abaris Books
- Place of Publication
- N.Y.
- Date Published
- 1982
- Keywords
- EXPLORATION POLO MARCO 1254 1323 BIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- EXPLORATION;
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